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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    166th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 5, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 27 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Charlie Carr Cryder (ASN: 93148), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Suippes, France, 5 July 1918. Corporal Cryder remained with his commanding officer, who was overcome with gas, and assisted him to a place of safety during a severe bombardment, despite the fact that the officer repeatedly suggested that he leave him and seek safety for himself, and that he had previously been instructed to seek shelter in a concrete dugout 1, 000 yards in the rear in case of bombardment.